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Composition
Below are listed all groups that identified as part of the Free Syrian Army during at least part of the war, as well as the governorates they were active in.
Free Syrian Coalition-affiliated brigades
The following FSA groups became part of the Free Syrian Coalition in DATE TBD:
- 1st Commando Brigade of Homs - Homs, Aleppo
- 5th Corps
- 1st Infantry Brigade - Idlib
- 13th Division - Idlib, Aleppo, Hama
- 101st Infantry Division - Idlib, Aleppo, Hama
- Knights of Justice Brigade - Idlib, Aleppo, Hama
- Mountain Hawks Brigade - Idlib, Aleppo
- 30th Infantry Division - Aleppo
- 46th Division - Aleppo, Hama
- 51st Brigade - Aleppo
- 56th Special Forces Brigade - Deir ez-Zor, Aleppo, Raqqa
- 99th Division
- Hamza Brigade - Aleppo (originally al-Hasakah until 2014)
- Liwa Ahfad Salah al-Din - Aleppo
- Northern Thunder Brigade - Aleppo
- 313th Brigade - Hama, Homs
- Al-Safwa Islamic Battalions - Aleppo
- Alwiyat al-Majd - Rif Dimashq
- Army of the Free Tribes - Daraa, Quneitra, Rif Dimashq, as-Suwayda
- Brigade of the Chargers - Latakia, Idlib
- Dawn of Freedom Brigades
- Descendants of the Messenger Brigade - Aleppo
- Furat Jarabulus - Aleppo
- Knights of the Euphrates Brigade - Aleppo
- Northern Sun Battalion - Aleppo, Raqqa
- Special Operations Brigade - Aleppo
- Syrian Liberation Brigade - Aleppo
- Euphrates Brigades
- Jaysh al-Qasas - Deir ez-Zor, Aleppo, Raqqa
- Lions of the Euphrates Movement - Aleppo
- Liwa Ahrar al-Raqqa - Raqqa, Aleppo
- Liwa Jund al-Haramain - Aleppo
- Martyrs of the Euphrates Battalion - Aleppo, Raqqa (also part of the Euphrates Islamic Liberation Front)
- Northern Democratic Brigade - Aleppo
- Saraya Jarabulus - Aleppo
- Euphrates Islamic Liberation Front
- Ahfad al-Rasul Brigades - Rif Dimashq, Raqqa, Deir ez-Zor (also in Damascus, Idlib, Aleppo, Latakia, Hama, al-Hasakah, Daraa, and Quneitra until 2014)
- Islamic Revolutionary Salvation Front - Deir ez-Zor, Hama
- Jaysh Tahrir al-Sharqiya - Deir ez-Zor
- Jihad in the Path of God Brigade - Raqqa, Aleppo
- Liwa al-Fatah al-Mubin - Deir ez-Zor
- Revolutionaries of Tal Abyad Front - Raqqa
- 56th Special Forces Brigade and Jaysh al-Qasas (during Deir ez-Zor operations only - listed separately)
- Farouq Battalions - Homs (also in Idlib, Aleppo, al-Hasakah, Raqqa, Hama, Rif Dimashq, Daraa, and Quneitra until 2014)
- Fastaqim Kama Umirt Union - Aleppo
- Free Alawite Front - Latakia
- Free Palestine Liberation Army - Damascus
- Free Syrian Union - Aleppo, Damascus
- Hazzm Movement - Aleppo, Idlib, Hama, Homs
- Idlib Liberation Front
- 99th Infantry Brigade - Idlib, Aleppo
- Helpers Brigades - Idlib, Hama
- Idlib Martyrs' Brigade - Idlib
- Idlib Military Council - Idlib
- Liwa Ahrar al-Zawiya - Idlib
- Liwa Sawa'iq ar-Rahman - Idlib
- Syrian Martyrs' Brigades - Idlib
- Jabhat al-Akrad - Aleppo, Raqqa
- Jaysh al-Nasr
- 6th Brigade - Hama, Idlib, Homs
- Central Division - Hama
- Falcons of al-Ghab - Hama
- Jaysh al-Izza - Hama, Idlib
- Jaysh Usoud al-Sharqiya - Rif Dimashq, Homs, Deir ez-Zor, as-Suwayda
- Kurdish Military Council
- Afrin Falcons Brigade - Aleppo
- Gathering of Kurdish Rebels - Aleppo
- Kurdish Intervention Forces - al-Hasakah
- Kurdistan Freedom Hawks - Aleppo
- Martyr Tahseen Mammo Battalion - al-Hasakah
- Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi Brigade - Aleppo
- Yusuf al-'Azma Brigade - Aleppo, Idlib
- Liberation Brigade - Raqqa, al-Hasakah
- Liwa Ahfad Othman - Homs, Hama
- Liwa al-Mu'tasem - Aleppo
- Liwa Sham al-Rasul - Damascus, Rif Dimashq
- Liwa Thuwar al-Raqqa - Raqqa, Aleppo
- Liwa Rijal Allah - Homs
- Movement of the Free Sufi Muslims - Hama
- National Liberation Movement (Syria) - Homs
- National Unity Brigades - Idlib, Aleppo, Latakia, Hama, Rif Dimashq, Damascus
- Quwat al-Badia - Homs
- Revolutionary Fedayeen Movement - Hama, Idlib
- Salamiya Youth Brigade - Hama
- Shields of the Revolution Council - Idlib
- Southern Front
- 1st Army
- 1st Artillery Regiment - Daraa
- Hamza Division - Daraa
- Syria Revolutionaries Front - Southern Sector - Daraa, Quneitra, Rif Dimashq
- 1st Commando Division - Daraa
- 1st Corps - Daraa
- 11th Special Forces Division - Rif Dimashq
- 69th Special Forces Division - Daraa, Quneitra
- Ahrar Nawa Division - Daraa
- Amoud Horan Division - Daraa, Quneitra
- Dawn of Islam Division - Daraa, Quneitra
- Emigrants and Helpers Brigade - Daraa
- Forces of the Martyr Ahmad al-Abdo - Rif Dimashq, as-Suwayda
- Free Druze Brigades
- Bani Maarouf Battalion - Rif Dimashq
- Battalion of the Free Men of Hadr - Quneitra
- Sultan Pasha al-Atrash Battalion - As-Suwayda, Daraa
- Hawks of the South Alliance
- Fallujah of Horan Division - Daraa
- Lions of Sunna Brigade - Daraa, Quneitra
- March 18th Division - Daraa
- Southern Unity Brigade - Daraa, Quneitra
- Yarmouk Army - Daraa, Quneitra
- Helpers of Sunna Brigade - Daraa, Quneitra
- Lions of Jedoor Brigade - Daraa
- Lions of War Operations Room
- Liwa Mutaaz Billah - Daraa
- Omari Brigades - Daraa
- Unity Battalions of Horan - Daraa, Quneitra
- Youth of Sunna Brigade - Daraa, Quneitra
- Liwa Shuhada al-Qaryatayn - Homs, Rif Dimashq
- Martyrs of Islam Brigade - Rif Dimashq
- Rukn al-Din Martyrs' Battalion - Damascus
- Quneitra Military Council - Quneitra
- Saraya al-Sham - Rif Dimashq
- Sword of al-Sham Brigades - Daraa, Quneitra, Rif Dimashq
- Umar's Assurance Brigade - Damascus
- United Sham Front - Daraa, Quneitra, Rif Dimashq
- 1st Army
- Syrian Elite Forces - Deir ez-Zor, al-Hasakah
- Syrian Storm Brigade - Aleppo
- Syrian Turkmen Brigades
- Seljuks Brigade - Aleppo
- Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror Brigade - Aleppo
- Sultan Selim I Brigade - Hama
- Sultan Suleiman Shah Brigade - Aleppo
- Homs unit (no separate identity)
- Latakia unit (no separate identity)
- Tribal Forces - Aleppo
Non-FSC brigades
The following groups either opposed the FSC or had dissolved prior to its formation:
- 1st Brigade of Damascus - Damascus
- 2nd Coastal Division - Latakia
- Elite Battalion - Aleppo
- Ghuraba al-Sham Front - Aleppo
- Immigrants of Mt. Zawiya Brigade - Idlib
- Jaysh al-Umma - Rif Dimashq
- Khalid bin Walid Brigade - Homs
- Knights of Islam Battaion - Daraa
- Line of Fire Brigade - Aleppo
- Lions of Ghouta Brigade - Rif Dimashq
- Liwa Ahrar Souriya - Aleppo
- Liwa al-Ahrar - Rif Dimashq
- Liwa al-Haqq (Rif Dimashq) - Rif Dimashq
- Liwa Allahu Akbar - Deir ez-Zor
- Liwa Nour al-Din al-Shahid - Aleppo
- Liwa Shuhada Badr - Aleppo
- Martyr Hamza al-Khatib Brigade - Idlib
- Northern Storm Brigade - Aleppo
- Omar al-Farouq Battalion - Homs
- Sham Liberation Army - Rif Dimashq
- Sultan Murad Brigade - Aleppo
- Suqour al-Sham - Idlib, Aleppo
- Syria Revolutionaries Front - Northern Sector - Idlib, Hama
- Syrian Turkmen Front - Aleppo
- Wolves of al-Ghab Brigade - Idlib
Former FSA brigades
The following groups once identified as part of the FSA but later abandoned that identity:
- 13th Battalion - Aleppo
- Al-Rahman Legion - Rif Dimashq, Damascus
- Liwa al-Tawhid - Aleppo
- Liwa al-Umma - Hama
- Suqour al-Sham - Idlib, Aleppo
- Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade - Daraa